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SpreadsheetReadBinary

 

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Description

Reads and stores content from a spreadsheet object and returns it as a byte array.

Returns

Returns a byte array of the stored spreadsheet information using the cfcontent tag.

Category

Microsoft Office Integration

Function syntax

SpreadsheetReadBinary(spreadsheetobj)

See also

SpreadsheetAddColumnSpreadsheetAddImageSpreadsheetAddRowSpreadsheetDeleteRow

SpreadsheetDeleteRowsSpreadsheetFormatRowSpreadsheetFormatRowsSpreadsheetShiftRows

History

ColdFusion 9: Added the function.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

spreadSheetObject

The Excel spreadsheet object to read.

Usage

Example

<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="inline; filename=test.xls">
<cfset a = spreadhsheetnew()>
<cfset spreadsheetAddRow(a,"a,b,c")>
<!---You can do all the processing--->
<cfset bin = spreadsheetReadBinary(a)>
<cfcontent type="application/vnd-ms.excel" variable="#bin#" reset="true">

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